What is Blight in Fallout 76?

There are two types of Blight that you can get in Fallout 76. One is good while the other is quite serious and requires some medical attention. Blight is a disease that you can contract in Fallout 76 from certain sources. It’s not the most common disease, but it’s one that’s devastating. The other form of rot is a food that can give you some buffs.

How to get infected with Blight

The first type of Blight you might encounter in Fallout 76 is the disease version of it. This disease is not the most common in the Wasteland, but it is very easy to contract. The following enemies can trick you into infecting yourself with the Blight:

• Scorchbeast
• Grafton monster
• mega sloth
• Mirelurk Queen

For an enemy to infect you with the plague, they must be sick, so don’t worry about just catching it from any enemy on the list. Once infected, this disease reduces all of your special stats by one. That means you lose a point in Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck. Luckily, this disease only affects your character for 30 minutes.

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Where can I find the Blight consumables?

The consumable version of Blight looks like a cluster of mushrooms. This item is mainly found in the lower part of the ash pile in the southern part of the map. Search the areas below to get your hands on some of these:

• Hornwright Proving Grounds 3
• which
• vault 63
• AMS proving ground
• Hornwright Air Purifier Location #03

Each of these areas has a small amount of Blight that you can pick up. You can use Blight to craft a large number of recipes that add bonuses to your stats. You can use Blight to craft the following recipes:

• Blight Soup
• Fermentable Blackwater
• Brew
• Mirelurk Jerky
• sun oil
• Toxic gin and tonic

Blight is also a type of flora that is affected by radiation. Hitting Blight with a nuclear bomb mutates it into Raw Crison Flux.